# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendy-houvenaghel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:21:10.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendy-houvenaghel"
name: "Wendy Houvenaghel"
slug: "wendy-houvenaghel"
description: "Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a Northern Irish former racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter. She has represented Great Britain in various World Cycling Championships and in the 2008 Olympic Games, most notably winning the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, and gold in the team pursuit at the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Track World Championships. She has also won many British national titles and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Houvenaghel is based in Cornwall, England."
tagline: "British racing cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wendy_Houvenaghel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1974-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.94046133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump